"I think you're a sexist, misogynist dinosaur. A relic of the cold war." In Judi's first outing as M, she tells Bond what's what, leaving us in no doubt that the venerable franchise had well and truly entered a new era.

"A crackling chip-pan of spite" is how Peter Bradshaw described Dench's performance as Barbara, an ageing teacher with sinister, obsessional crush on a younger colleague. As @‏cyberjohnboy puts it, "the antithesis of her sweet old lady in a bonnet persona."

It's hard to think of any better actor to play a grief-stricken Queen Victoria, who finds solace through her relationship with consort John Brown. Her performance was nominated for the Academy award for best actress, although she ultimately lost out to Helen Hunt. To date, her only Oscar is for another regal role - that of Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love, in which she's only on screen for eight minutes.

A second video in which the star of Philomena resurrects her James Bond character to fight the MPAA's restrictive rating of the Oscar contender has been released – and this time, she's joined by Steve Coogan